Six Militants Caught in Assam, Trader Abducted From Hojai

Guwahati, July 30 : Security forces apprehended six hardcore cadres including five cadres of the anti-talk faction group of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam on Wednesday, police said.

According to reports, security forces apprehended four hardcore cadres of NDFB (Sangbijit) at Hatibandha village under Kokrajhar police station in the BTAD district on Wednesday.

"The militants were nabbed when they were going to a rubber estate for demanding money," Assam police ADGP A P Raut said.

Police recovered an AK-47 rifle with two magazines, 164 rounds of Insas rifle ammunition, six rounds of AK-47 rifle ammunition, and 380 rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition from a vehicle travelling to Tura in Meghalaya.

The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) announced on February 19, 2015 the start of the first human study of a new TB drug candidate TBA-354-the first new potential TB drug to begin a Phase 1 clinical study in 6 years since 2009.